Insect 

Interviews

by Floris Elementary Students

Buttercup, the Monarch Butterfly

 

 
Ants 

Bees 

Butterfly 

Cockroach 

Damselfly 

Dragonfly 

Firefly 

Grasshopper 

Hercules Beetle 

Ladybug 

Monarch Butterfly 

Mosquito 

Preying Mantis 

Walking Stick 

Wasps

Ants 

Bees 

Butterfly 

Cockroach 

Damselfly 

Dragonfly 

Firefly 

Grasshopper 

Hercules Beetle 

Ladybug 

Monarch Butterfly 

Mosquito 

Preying Mantis 

Walking Stick 

Wasps

Ants 

Bees 

Butterfly 

Cockroach 

Damselfly 

Dragonfly 

Firefly 

Grasshopper 

Hercules Beetle 

Ladybug 

Monarch Butterfly 

Mosquito 

Preying Mantis 

Walking Stick 

Wasps

Hello this is Blake. I am here with Mrs. Buttercup the monarch Butterfly. 

Blake: what do you look like? 

Mrs. Buttercup: I am orange and black with designs and I am symmetrical. 

 Mrs. Buttercup:  Hi I am Mrs. Butter Cup. I am so happy because it is perfect day for flying. 

Blake: What is your life cycle? 

Mrs. Buttercup: Well... The females lay eggs,  and the eggs hatch into a caterpillars, and the caterpillars  go into cocoon and then they come out a butterfly.  

Blake: That is very interesting, where can you be found at in the world? 

Mrs. Buttercup:  We are found in most parts in America. 
  
Blake: What kinds of food does Monarch Butterfly usually eat?  

Mrs. Buttercup:  We eat  pollen and we drink water. 

Blake:  Do all Monarchs survive the migration to Mexico or is the trip more hazardous for others? 

Mrs. Buttercup:  It can be a long boring trip. It can get up to 2500 miles. Most of us make the trip, only the small ones  died. Every year the head Monarch monarch says the trip will be the  worst one yet. So we spend a hole lot getting ready and it was an easy trip. 

Blake: Why is this insect able to survive? 
  
Mrs. Buttercup: We pollinate other plants and people ,and organizations to protect us. 

Blake: oh.  Can you describe  your niche and biome? 

Mrs. Buttercup: Yes, I can, I am very social where I live, everyone of us do the same job. So, our status is the same. 

Blake: What is your scientific name? 
 
 Mrs. Buttercup: My scientific name is Tithonia 

Blake: Well.... I better run, thanks a lot!

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